Grammar for High school

Verbs
I'm busy at the moment ……………….. on the computer.
1. I work
2. I'm work
3. I'm working
4. I working
My friend ……………….. the answer to the question.
1. is know
2. know
3. knowing
4. knows
I think I'II buy these shoes. ……………….. really well.
1. They fit
2. They have fit
3. They're fitting
4. They were fitting
Where ……………….. the car?
1. did you park
2. did you parked
3. parked you
4. you parked
At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ……………….. for the bus.
1. wait
2. waiting
3. was waiting
4. were waiting
When I looked round the door, the baby ……………….. quietly.
1. is sleeping
2. slept
3. was sleeping
4. were sleeping
Here's my report. ……………….. it at last.
1. I finish
2. I finished
3. I'm finished
4. I've finished
I've ……………….. made some coffee. It's in the kitchen.
1. ever
2. just
3. never
4. yet
We ……………….. to Ireland for our holidays last year.
1. goes
2. going
3. have gone
4. went
Robert ……………….. ill for three weeks. He's still in hospital.
1. had been
2. has been
3. is
4. was
My arms are aching now because ……………….. since two o'clock.
1. I'm swimming
2. I swam
3. I swim
4. I've been swimming
I'm very tired. ……………….. over four hundred miles today.
1. I drive
2. I'm driving
3. I've been driving
4. I've driven
When Martin ……………….. the car, he took it out for a drive.
1. had repaired
2. has repaired
3. repaired
4. was repairing
Janet was out of breath because ……………….. .
1. she'd been running
2. she did run
3. she's been running
4. she's run
Don't worry. I ……………….. be here to help you.
1. not
2. shall
3. willn't
4. won't
The passive
We can't go along here because the road is ……………….. .
1. been repaired
2. being repaired
3. repair
4. repaired
The story I've just read ……………….. Agatha Christie.
1. was written
2. was written
3. was written from
4. wrote
Some film stars ……………….. be difficult to work with.
1. are said
2. are said to
3. say
4. say to
I'm going to go out and ……………….. .
1. have cut my hair
2. have my hair cut
3. let my hair cut
4. my hair be cut
This, my, some, a lot of all, etc
It’s so boring here. Nothing ever happens in ……………….. place.
1. that
2. these
3. this
4. those
Is that my key, or is it ………………..?
1. the yours
2. the your’s
3. your
4. yours
Adrian takes no interest in clothes. He’ll wear ……………….. .
1. a thing
2. anything
3. something
4. thing
There’s ……………….. use in complaining. They probably won’t do anything about it.
1. a few
2. a little
3. few
4. little
I don’t want to buy any of these books. I’ve got ……………….. .
1. all
2. all them
3. everything
4. them all
Pronouns
Let’s stop and have a coffee. ……………….. a café over there, look.
1. Is
2. It’s
3. There
4. There’s
Everyone in the group shook hands with ……………….. .
1. each other
2. one other
3. one the other
4. themselves
The washing-machine has broken down again. I think we should get ……………….. .
1. a new
2. a new one
3. new
4. new one
All the guests were dancing. ……………….. having a good time.
1. All were
2. Every was
3. Everyone was
4. Someone were
Adjectives and adverbs
The house was ……………….. building.
1. a nice old stone
2. a nice stone old
3. a stone old nice
4. an old nice stone
The government is doing nothing to help ……………….. .
1. poor
2. the poor
3. the poors
4. the poor ones
The young man seems very ……………….. .
1. sensible
2. sensiblely
3. sensibley
4. sensibly
I ……………….. missed the bus. I was only just in time to catch it.
1. mostly
2. near
3. nearest
4. nearly
This detailed map is ……………….. the atlas.
1. more useful as
2. more useful as
3. usefuller as
4. usefuller than
This place gets ……………….. crowded with tourists every summer.
1. always more
2. crowded and more
3. from more to more
4. more and more
Yes, I have got the report. ……………….. it.
1. I just am reading
2. I’m just reading
3. I’m reading just
4. Just I’m reading
I’ve read this paragraph three times, and I ……………….. understand it.
1. can’t still
2. can’t yet
3. still can’t
4. yet can’t
We’re really sorry. We regret what happened ……………….. .
1. a bit
2. much
3. very
4. very much
Verbs with prepositions and adverbs
I prefer dogs ……………….. cats. I hate cats.
1. from
2. over
3. than
4. to
My father used the money he won to set ……………….. his own company.
1. forward
2. on
3. out
4. up
Don’t go too fast. I can’t keep ……………….. you.
1. on to
2. on with
3. up to
4. up with
Relative clauses
What’s the name of the man ……………….. gave us a lift?
1. he
2. what
3. which
4. who
What was that notice ………………..?
1. at that you were looking
2. you were looking at
3. you were looking at it
4. which you were looking
Susan is the woman ……………….. husband is in hospital.
1. her
2. hers the
3. whose
4. whose the
York, ……………….. last year, is a nice old city.
1. I visited
2. that I visited
3. which I visited
4. whom I visited
The accident was seen by some people ……………….. at a bus stop
1. waited
2. waiting
3. were waiting
4. who waiting
Conditionals and wish
If ……………….. my passport, I’ll be in trouble.
1. I lose
2. I’ll lose
3. I lost
4. would lose
I haven’t got a ticket. If ……………….. one, I could get in.
1. I’d have
2. I had
3. I have
4. I’ve got
If the bus to the airport hadn’t been so late, we ……………….. the plane.
1. caught
2. had caught
3. would catch
4. would have caught
Linking words
I just had to take the dog out ……………….. of the awful weather.
1. although
2. despite
3. even though
4. in spite
Anna put the electric fire on ……………….. warm.
1. for getting
2. in order get
3. so she gets
4. to get

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